![]() ![]() Mika Vainio's first solo, Onko (Touch, 1998), is an experiment within the experiment: a concerto for noise and drones, without the support of Panasonic's arctic beat, that is as creative as abstract (Viher, Jos). The first EP, Panasonic (Sahko, 1994), was followed by the album Vakio (Blast First, 1995), the manifesto of their abstract electronica. ![]() ![]() Their early records display the influence of Pierre Henry's 'musique concrete', Morton Subotnick's dadaistic electronica, analog synthesizers, Suicide, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten, all recycled and metamorphed in the context of techno dance music. Pan Sonic (born Panasonic and originally a trio) is the project launched in 1993 in Finland by Mika Vainio (a veteran disc jockey who had already recorded as Corporate 09) and Ilpo Vaisanen (an organizer of rave festivals), both members of the artistic movement Ultra 3/ Sin O. ![]()
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